"Creation Sunday"

This was pointed out in the ACG listserve.

So very sad to see this issue be used by some Christians as an
absolutely defining issue of the Christian faith. The rejection of
the majority of Christian believers in the name of Christian unity is
beyond sad.

Keith

OPEN LETTER/'CREATION
SUNDAY' CAMPAIGN
Join with hundreds of thousands of others (no money involved)-to show
that Christians can cooperate globally, and do care about the forces
of secularism and atheism creeping into the church.
This email has been passed on to you by a concerned Christian friend
who hopes you will
a) read it and sign the open letter aiming for a million signatures and
b) pass this email on to all your Christian friends.
Churches Celebrate 'Evolution Sunday'
In a move designed to discredit the very foundations of God's Word,
atheistic groups organized a successful campaign to recognize Charles
Darwin's birthday by celebrating 'Darwin Day' on February 12. Sadly,
in 2006, hundreds of churches across America and other parts of the
world joined them in celebrating this day as 'Evolution Sunday' and,
worse still, over 10,000 clergy signed an 'open letter' supporting
evolution. It's amazing that the church could be involved in such a
thing, particularly when it is endorsed by the openly humanistic
organization the National Centre for Science Education (see NCSE).
Even a famous atheist understood that this was a foundational issue
for the Christian faith when he said:
'If there never was an Adam and Eve there never was an original sin.
If there never was an original sin there is no need of salvation. If
there is no need of salvation there is no need of a saviour.'
Join This Powerful Counter-campaign-Please
Read On
We have special days on the church calendar to celebrate Christ's
birth, death and resurrection. It is well-known that these are
arbitrary dates, often borrowed from existing pagan rituals. So why
not have a 'Creation Sunday'*, to coincide with this neopagan nature-
worship ritual of 'Evolution Sunday'?
A tradition is just that, but a 'Creation Sunday'* that became
widespread would serve as a potent, recurring reminder to take
Genesis seriously and focus on the Creator. And with the prevalence
of creation information worldwide expanding exponentially, churches
would be more open to considering how science and the Bible really do
line up-by starting with biblical history, not the other way around.
Creation Ministries International, with offices across the world, is
aiming for a million signatures from Christians on its global
website. By signing our open letter we hope to:
· make the church and others realize that this is an
important issue for vast numbers of people.
· start this 'new church tradition' of 'Creation Sunday'* to
remind believers everywhere of the vital foundational doctrine of
Genesis creation.
How Hard Could it be to Get a Million?
Just imagine, if we send this to 10,000 Christians (we have actually
just sent it to many more from our mailing lists worldwide), and if
only one half of them signed the petition and sent it on to five
other Christians, and half of those did likewise, and so on, there
would be more than TWO MILLION after only SEVEN ROUNDS.
ONE MILLION signatures would make an immensely powerful lobbying
tool; we would then let all those one million people know, and each
of them could notify their church leaders that such a huge number
worldwide wanted to have this concept. Hopefully, the momentum would
be unstoppable.
Help Start a New Thing and Alert
'God's Army'-The Church
So please, take a minute or two to go to the website form on this
link now-OPEN LETTER/CREATION SUNDAY PETITION-and add your name to
others so we can get a million as soon as possible.
Then send this email to as many Christians as you can think of around
the world-it's for a great cause, one that will show that Christians
can cooperate, and impact the course of history-God willing.
Thank you for reading the message. Please click on the link above
and sign the open letter/creation Sunday petition.
In Christ
Ken Glasgow
The wisdom from above is pure first of all; it is also peaceful,
gentle, and friendly; it is full of compassion and produces a harvest
of good deeds; it is free from prejudice and hypocrisy.
Received on Thu Jun 1 10:32:08 2006